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須 means 'ought'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 1312   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-18    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 9 words   Used in 31 words   Used in 1854 names   Component in 4 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   ス
Additional readings
On    シュ
Kun    すべし   ひげ   まつ   すべからく   もちいる   もとめる
Name    もとむ   ぞ
Variants
须 (Chinese)  
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 須 - click the badge to download
Learn to say "Fluency is a must," and discover terms for "indispensable expression," "required subject," and "mandatory item." Meet a god who was disabled as a child and a shark perceived as an incarnation of that god. Also read about types of pottery, an instrument with one string, Nagoya history and place names, and the mountain at the center of the Buddhist world.
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Components
⿰  彡 fur  頁 page  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 須 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 須 is used 29 times, read 3 ways.
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ス : 24 words FIND ALL
ひ っ す 0
indispensable; required
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シュ : 4 words FIND ALL
し ゅ よ う 0
absolutely necessary
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すべからく : 1 word FIND ALL
す べ か ら く 3
Most common form: すべからく
by all means; in all cases; ought to do  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 2 less common words include 須 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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須
ス    ought   
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頁
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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丆
whereupon one
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
彡
fur, bristles, beard   
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